Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, III Class Cross with Swords, Austro-German Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac minor enamel damage to obverse

minor enamel damage to obverse lower arm of cross

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Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, III Class Cross with Swords, Austro-German Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac minor enamel damage to obverse( . 3 ). Instituted 8 May 1765 by Stanisaw II August of Poland; incorporated into Russian orders 1831 by Tsar Nicholas I. (1831 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms completing in ball finials and ribbed fans, the obverse overlaid across all quadrants with double headed Russian imperial eagles, with a pair of crossed swords piercing the